LEADER 04053nam 2200553 450 001 9910797258503321 005 20230807215736.0 010 $a90-04-29927-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004299276 035 $a(CKB)3710000000417029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2063820 035 $a(OCoLC)910815982 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004299276 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2063820 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11061977 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL792517 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000417029 100 $a20150619h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aProblematic identities in women's fiction of the Sri Lankan diaspora /$fby Alexandra Watkins 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (244 pages) 225 1 $aCross/cultures : readings in post/colonial literatures and cultures in English,$x0924-1426 ;$vVolume 180 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-29925-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Mimicry and Detection: Dismantling Identity in Michelle de Kretser?s The Hamilton Case -- In Fear of Monsters: Women?s Identities and the Cult of Domesticity in British Ceylon -- Combatting Myths: Racial and Cultural Identity in Postcolonial Sri Lanka -- Chandani Lokugé and Yasmine Gooneratne: Deconstructing Postcolonial Tourism, Exoticism, and Colonial Simulacra -- Diasporic Identities: Inscriptions of Celebration and Psychic Trauma in Western Locations -- ?Pretty Little Tales? of Substance: A Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index. 330 $aWomen novelists of the Sri Lankan diaspora make a significant contribution to the field of South Asian postcolonial studies. Their writing is critical and subversive, particularly concerned as it is with the problematic of identity. This book engages in insightful readings of nine novels by women writers of the Sri Lankan diaspora: Michelle de Kretser?s The Hamilton Case (2003); Yasmine Gooneratne?s A Change of Skies (1991), The Pleasures of Conquest (1996), and The Sweet and Simple Kind (2006); Chandani Lokugé?s If the Moon Smiled (2000) and Turtle Nest (2003); Karen Roberts?s July (2001); Roma Tearne?s Mosquito (2007); and V.V. Ganeshananthan?s Love Marriage (2008). These texts are set in Sri Lanka but also in contemporary Australia, England, Italy, Canada, and North America. They depict British colonialism, the Tamil?Sinhalese conflict, neocolonial touristic predation, and the double-consciousness of diaspora. Despite these different settings and preoccupations, however, this body of work reveals a consistent and vital concern with identity, as notably gendered and expressed through resonant images of mourning, melancholia, and other forms of psychic disturbance. This is a groundbreaking study of a neglected but powerful body of postcolonial fiction. ?This is an excellent study that I believe makes a significant and timely contribution to the fields of postcolonial literature, Sri Lankan anglophone literature, diasporic literature, women?s studies, and world literature. It was a stimulating and thought-provoking read.? Dr Maryse Jayasuriya, The University of Texas at El Paso . 410 0$aCross/cultures ;$vVolume 180. 606 $aWomen and literature$zSri Lanka 606 $aFeminism and literature$zSri Lanka 606 $aSri Lankan literature$xWomen authors 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aFeminism and literature 615 0$aSri Lankan literature$xWomen authors. 676 $a809.89287 700 $aWatkins$b Alexandra$01517052 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797258503321 996 $aProblematic identities in women's fiction of the Sri Lankan diaspora$93857422 997 $aUNINA